Pipe-hanger



v. J. EMERY.

PIPE HANGER.

(No Model.)

No. 591,249 Patented Oct. 5, 1897.

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val? NlTED STATES VICTOR J. EMERY, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

PIPE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,249, dated October5, 1897.

Application filed February 16,1897. smart. 623,694.. (No model.)

all of which I shall now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pipe-hanger, showing thepipe in transverse section. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same,showing the pipe in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view of the lower portion of the bracket. Fig.5 is a side elevation of the bracket, partially in section. Figs. 6 and7 are detail views to be referred to hereinafter. Fig. 8 is a viewshowing a method of supporting several pipes from a single bracket.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, a designates any conducting-pipe, such as asteam-pipe, which it may be desired to support from the ceiling of aroom. For so doing I provide a collar 1), which is preferably, for thesake of cheapness, composed of heavy wire bent to the desired form. Thiscollar has aloop portion b, adapted to pass under and form a support forthe pipe, and two eyes or hooks b 19 formed by bending the ends of thewire, as indicated in Fig. 3, and adapted to receive .a bar 0, whosefunction will presently be explained.

(1 represents a bracket which is adapted to be affixed in some suitablemanner to the ceiling or an overhead beam and-which has means forengagement with the collar b to support the pipe Ct. In the presentinstance this bracket takes the form of an inverted-U- shaped piece ofmetal provided with apertured ears (1 (2 adapted to be engaged by thebar a and with a shank d, consisting of an elongated wood-screw. The bar0 is composed of metal of suitable shape to' pass through the hooks b ofthe collar and the apertures in the bracket-ears d and of such a lengthas to project beyond the bracket at both ends when in engagement withthe bracket and collar.

6 e represent elastic loops, buttons, or clips, formed of flat spiralmetal and bent around in U fashion. The ends of the clip are bentinwardly toward each other, so as to adapt the clip for engagement withoppositely-situated transverse recesses or grooves c,formed near bothends of the bar a, Fig. 6, the purpose of the said clips or buttonsbeing to retain the sliding bar 0 in engagement with-the slotted ears dof the bracket and with the collar b.

Fig. 8 shows a group of three pipes supported by as many collars and bya single bar and bracket, with a pair of clips at the ends of the bar.This grouping of the bars in gangs is a method which is renderedparticularly convenient by means of my improved device, as will bereadily seen.

The device has many advantages, among which are ease of attachment and acertain degree of ornamentality.

My improvements are particularly intended for use in connection withbrass tubing which is used in exposed situations, as on the ceilings ofkitchens and other apartments, as parts of a plumbing system.

It will be readily seen that the bracket adapted for connection with aceiling, the bar detachably connected with the bracket, and the hangeror collar supported by the bar and detachable therefrom constitute adevice which is adapted to be quickly and conveniently applied andremoved, the parts being capable of ready assemblage and separation. Theremovable heads 6 e on the bar a can be quickly sprung into and out ofengagement with the bar and securely hold the bar in place when engagedtherewith. They are not liable to work loose like screw-caps and canonly be detached by the'application of force sufficient to spring theirends apart.

The collar 1) can be readily engaged with pipes of different sizes,owing to the sides between the loop portions and its ends being adaptedto be sprung apart, more or less, to vary the size of the pipe-embracing loop. Hence the same hanger can be used with all the sizes ofpipe that the plumber has occasion to use.

I claim- 1. As a means for supporting a conducting-pipe or the like, thecombination With a bracket comprising a screw-threaded shank portion,and an inverted-U-shaped portion provided With apertured ears, of apipe-supporting collar having its ends apertured, and ahorizontally-movable bar adapted to fit the apertures in the bracket andcollar and lock said bracket and collar together.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a bracket providedwith means for attachment to a fixed support, and With ears havingrectangular slots, a bar rectangular in cross-section and adapted toslide in said ears, a pipe-embracing collar having its ends bent to formhooks adapted to fit said bar, and means for locking the bar againstendWise movement.

3. A device of the character specified, com prising a bracket providedWith means for attachment to a fixed support, and a flexible collarhaving its ends detachably connected with said bracket and having a loopportion, the sides between the loop portion and the ends being bentinward and adapted to be altered in shape to permit the loop portion toembrace different sizes of pipe.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket providedWith means for attachment to a fixed support and having slotted ends, alongitudinally-movable bar fitting the slots thereof and having notchesor recesses near its ends, a pipe-embracing collar having its endsengaging said bar, and springclips engaging the recesses of the bar toprevent longitudinal movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of February, A. D.1897.

VICTOR J. EMERY.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON.

